Genesis 15:9:11Gen.15.9.W11TAB
וְתֹ֖ר
vetor
“and a turtledove”
- Transliteration
- ve-TOR
- Extended
- veh-TOHR
- IPA
- /wə.ˈθoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a turtledove
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-TOR
- clause
ve-TOR ve-go-ZAL
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ke-KHA LI eg-LA me-shu-LE-shet ve-EZ me-shu-LE-shet ve-A-yil me-shu-LASH ve-TOR ve-go-ZAL
Exegesis
The series continues paratactically with vav {וְ | wə} “and” to the smaller birds, tor {תֹּר | tōr} “turtledove” and gozal {גוֹזָל | gō-zāl} “young pigeon,” reflecting the ritual arrangement. English renderings preserve the list order and age designation to mirror the Hebrew covenant ceremony’s structure.
Root and etymology
t-w-rtav–vav–resh
“turtledove”
In context — Genesis 15:9
And He said to him, “Take for Me a heifer three years old, and a female goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 15:9, so the Hebrew word וְתֹ֖ר (vetor) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.15.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.9.W11.S1) and character.